Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 3 No. 2 Summer 2018 | Page 8

BWXT donation
BWX Technologies, Inc. stopped by our Goodwin Hall offices May 10 with a present for the department before graduation. BWXT has provided $4,000 to the
senior design program to go toward a project next year working alongside QL+. BWXT and non-profit QL+ joined forces this year as well, resulting in a
push-up plank device to help a retired Army officer who lost her arm and shoulder maintain her fitness. In the photo above, Azim Eskandarian, department
head and Nicholas and Rebecca Des Champs Chair, stands with Jodee Harris (BSME '16) and Jackson Sale (BSME '15) of BWXT, and associate professor of
practice Robin Ott, senior design program director.
Champ car team
takes 2nd
The ME Champ Car team took
second place in their category
March 3 completing 390 laps over
the course of a 12-hour endurance
racing event. Using a modified
(and inexpensive per Champ Car
rules) Subaru Impreza, the team
posted a best speed of 65.669mph.
The team is advised by Associate
Professor Steve Southward.
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